"So that's what they meant at HDR about the e-portfolio!"

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e-Portfolio & the Curriculum

The GP Specialty Trainee's (GPST) guide to the e-portfolio Vs 5 (click) - 2010

This excellent summary from the RCGP is concise and has lots of screen shots of the e-portfolio making it easy to follow. It's a large file to download but well worth the wait.

 

e-portfolio pearls (click) - 2008

An excellent summary irrespective of where you are in your training, detailing the do and the don'ts for making the most of your e-portfolio. Also a 'must read' for Trainers!

 

How good are my e-portfolio entries? A useful workbook for assessing your e-portfolio 2010

 

E-portfolio vs4 changes for Trainers & Educational Supervisors (click) - 2009

 

SMART PDP entries (click) - 2010

You are expected to log about 12 PDP entries per year. Some of these will be decided around ST year induction, as part of your small group work. This leaves just under one a month for you to identify important broad learning needs which require a range of actions to address them. The SMART model was developed by psychologists as a tool to help people set and reach their goals. It’s a simple approach that lends itself to creating good PDP entries in your e-portfolio.

 

The curriculum and curriculum matching  (click) - 2009

Utilising the broad principles of the GMC’s Good Medical Practice the curriculum defines the core knowledge, skills and attitudes that a GP Trainee have to attain by the end of their training in order to become a competent GP. It also allows you to assess whether your curriculum matching is valid. Just open the document and click on the statement headings and explore the domains of the 'statement' to find out what it means and how you might achieve it.

 

Curriculum - self assessment rating scale (click) 2008

A useful tool for identifying your learning needs which goes into much greater detail than the e-portfolio 'curriculum coverage' section. 

 

Curriculum guide for hospital posts (click) 2009

It is produced by NHS Scotland for GP registrars, and looks at each hospital post you might do, and how to achieve areas of the GP curriculum that are relevant to each post. Very helpful for filling in your PDP at the beginning of each new post.

 

 

 

What must I do by when?

 

What must I do by when? (click) 20010/11

It's imperative that you understand the deadlines for CBDs, COTs, PSQs, MSFs etc if you are to avoid an ARCP panel review, which are held at the end of each GPST year.

 

Natural Occurring Evidence (click) - Yorkshire Deanery's e-portfolio expectations re SEA, Projects, Audit and Reflections on Post.

 

The GPST trajectory 2010/2011 (click) - This excellent document, with useful embedded links, details all the things you need to do and the deadlines for completion. A must read for all Trainers, Educational Supervisors and GP Trainees.

 

Deanery Assessment Advisory Group (click) - The Y&H Deanery group who set the hoops through which you have to jump! They also provide a wide array of useful resources.

 

 

 

 

Non WBPA MINIMUM criteria to be achieved prior to the end of the ST year

 

ST1

96 quality log entries (10 pages of the e-portfolio) and 12 SMART PDP entries

Reflections on post held, 2 Presentations, 6 x SEA

 

ST2

112 additional quality log entries (12 additional pages of the e-portfolio and an additional 18 SMART PDP entries - Running total = 22 pages of e-portfolio entries and 24 SMART PDP entries. Reflections on post held, 4 Presentations, 12 x SEA

 

ST3

144 additional quality log entries (15 additional pages of the e-portfolio) and an additional 18 SMART PDP entries - Running total = 37 pages of e-portfolio entries and 36 SMART PDP entries. Reflections on post held, 6 Presentations, 18 x SEA, 1 x two cycle audit

 

 

 

Clinical & Educational Supervisors' Reports

The Clinical Supervisor's Report (CSR) (click)

This forms part of the evidence which is gathered through WPBA. The ePortfolio has a section for the clinical supervisor to write a short structured report on the GPStR at the end of each hospital post. This covers:

• The knowledge base relevant to the post
• Practical skills relevant to the post
• The professional competences

Trainees and Trainers please note that the Yorkshire Deanery also expect Trainers to provide a Clinical Supervisor’s Report (click) for their Trainee prior to the summative Educational Supervision in May and November, so that it is available to the ARCP panel as part of their assessment.

 

 

The Educational Supervisor's Report (click)

Twice within every six months a GP Specialty Trainee (GPST) during the ST1, 2 and 3 has to take part in an education supervision meeting. Read about the areas assessed and what is required of you the Registrar.

 

Read more here (click)